Inclusive Education of Learners With Disability : The Theory Versus Reality

Many factors have impact on the development of inclusive education, including social, cultural, economic context and the advancement of educational sciences. Analysing and comparing these issues provides a basis for understanding the problems of inclusion of learners with disabilities in mainstream education. The book familiarises readers with the historical and cultural conditions for the development of inclusive education. It presents concepts and everyday practices (financing, preparation of teachers and institutions). The book also takes a challenge to discuss the development prospects of inclusive education. The structure of the book allows for comparing the situation of learners with disability and the structural solutions of inclusive education in the countries of the study.

Zenon Gajdzica, a professor of social sciences at the University of Silesia, Poland, member of the Committee on Education Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Robin McWilliam, a professor of special education at the University of Alabama, USA, developed the Routines-Based Model of Early Intervention Birth to Five.

Miloň Potměšil, a professor of special pedagogy at Palacky University, the Czech Republic and Sichuan Normal University, China.

Guo Ling, Ph.D., a lecturer at Leshan Normal University, China.